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Differ in Different Languages

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Differ


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Afrikaans
verskil
Albanian
ndryshojnë
Amharic
ይለያል
Arabic
اختلف
Armenian
տարբերվում են
Assamese
ভিন্নতা
Aymara
mayj mayjawa
Azerbaijani
fərqli
Bambara
danfara bɛ u ni ɲɔgɔn cɛ
Basque
desberdina
Belarusian
адрозніваюцца
Bengali
পার্থক্য
Bhojpuri
अलग-अलग होला
Bosnian
razlikuju se
Bulgarian
различават
Catalan
difereixen
Cebuano
lainlain
Chinese (Simplified)
不同
Chinese (Traditional)
不同
Corsican
differ
Croatian
razlikuju se
Czech
lišit
Danish
afvige
Dhivehi
ތަފާތުވެއެވެ
Dogri
मतभेद
Dutch
verschillen
English
differ
Esperanto
diferenci
Estonian
erinevad
Ewe
to vovo
Filipino (Tagalog)
magkaiba
Finnish
eroavat toisistaan
French
différer
Frisian
ferskille
Galician
difiren
Georgian
განსხვავდება
German
sich unterscheiden
Greek
διαφέρω
Guarani
ojoavy
Gujarati
ભિન્ન
Haitian Creole
diferan
Hausa
bambanta
Hawaiian
ʻokoʻa
Hebrew
לִהיוֹת שׁוֹנֶה
Hindi
अलग
Hmong
txawv
Hungarian
különbözik
Icelandic
mismunandi
Igbo
dị iche
Ilocano
agduduma
Indonesian
berbeda
Irish
difriúil
Italian
differire
Japanese
異なる
Javanese
beda
Kannada
ಭಿನ್ನವಾಗಿದೆ
Kazakh
ерекшеленеді
Khmer
ខុសគ្នា
Kinyarwanda
bitandukanye
Konkani
वेगवेगळे आसतात
Korean
다르다
Krio
difrɛn
Kurdish
cûdahî dikin
Kurdish (Sorani)
جیاوازن
Kyrgyz
айырмаланат
Lao
ແຕກຕ່າງ
Latin
differunt
Latvian
atšķiras
Lingala
ekeseni
Lithuanian
skiriasi
Luganda
okwawukana
Luxembourgish
ënnerscheeden
Macedonian
се разликуваат
Maithili
भिन्न-भिन्न
Malagasy
samy hafa
Malay
berbeza
Malayalam
വ്യത്യാസമുണ്ട്
Maltese
differenti
Maori
rerekē
Marathi
भिन्न
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯈꯦꯠꯅꯩ꯫
Mizo
a danglam
Mongolian
ялгаатай
Myanmar (Burmese)
ကွဲပြားသည်
Nepali
फरक
Norwegian
avviker
Nyanja (Chichewa)
kusiyana
Odia (Oriya)
ଭିନ୍ନ |
Oromo
garaagarummaa qabu
Pashto
توپیر لري
Persian
فرق داشتن
Polish
różnić się
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
diferem
Punjabi
ਭਿੰਨ
Quechua
hukniray kanku
Romanian
diferă
Russian
отличаться
Samoan
eseʻese
Sanskrit
भिद्यते
Scots Gaelic
eadar-dhealaichte
Sepedi
fapana
Serbian
разликују се
Sesotho
fapana
Shona
siyana
Sindhi
مختلف آهي
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
වෙනස්
Slovak
líšia sa
Slovenian
razlikujejo
Somali
kala duwan
Spanish
diferir de
Sundanese
béda-béda
Swahili
tofauti
Swedish
skilja sig
Tagalog (Filipino)
naiiba
Tajik
фарқ мекунанд
Tamil
வேறுபடுகின்றன
Tatar
төрле
Telugu
తేడా
Thai
แตกต่างกัน
Tigrinya
ይፈላለዩ።
Tsonga
ku hambana
Turkish
farklılık
Turkmen
tapawutlanýar
Twi (Akan)
ɛsono emu biara
Ukrainian
відрізняються
Urdu
مختلف
Uyghur
ئوخشىمايدۇ
Uzbek
farq qiladi
Vietnamese
khác nhau
Welsh
yn wahanol
Xhosa
yahlukile
Yiddish
אַנדערש
Yoruba
yato
Zulu
hluka

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
Afrikaans"Verskil" also means "to differ" in the sense of "to vary" and is derived from the Dutch word "verschillen".
AlbanianThe Albanian word "ndryshojnë" also means "to change" and is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂leh₃- "to change, alter".
AmharicThe word "ይለያል" can also mean "to be different" or "to be unlike."
Arabicاختلف can also mean to mix, to separate, to be at odds, or to be diverse.
AzerbaijaniThe word "fərqli" in Azerbaijani has a historical root going back to the late Old Turkic and the Uyghur Old Turkic as "fərq, fərq".
BasqueThe word 'desberdina' literally means 'out of different', composed of 'bes' (two) and 'berdin' (same).
BengaliThe word 'পার্থক্য' comes from the Sanskrit word 'पार्थक्य', which means 'difference'. It can also mean 'distinction', 'variety', or 'contrast'.
BosnianThe verb 'razlikuju se' can also refer to distinguishing oneself from others or standing out.
BulgarianThe Bulgarian verb "различават" ultimately originates from Latin "dis-" and "ferre", which literally means "to bear apart".
CatalanThe verb "difereixen" in Catalan is derived from the Latin word "differre", and can also refer to delaying or postponing something.
CebuanoIn Cebuano, the word "lainlain" not only means "differ" but also refers to the state of being different or diverse.
Chinese (Simplified)The Chinese character “不同” can also mean “disagree”, “not same”, or “not agree”.
Chinese (Traditional)"不同" can also mean "no different" or "similar" when used with a double negative structure.
CorsicanThe Corsican word "differ" comes from the Latin word "differre," which means "to postpone" or "to delay."
CroatianIn mathematics, 'razlikuju se' also means 'are congruent'.
Czech"Lišit" also means "to moult" in Czech, referring to the shedding of skin or feathers.
DanishAfvige is a verb meaning to depart from a course of action or thought. It is derived from the Old Norse word afvikja, which means to turn away.
DutchThe verb "verschillen" can also refer to a difference between two or more entities or concepts.
EsperantoThe Esperanto word 'diferenci' comes from the Latin word 'differentia,' meaning 'difference' or 'distinction'.
EstonianThe word "erinevad" is a derivate of "erinevus" ("difference") and its synonyms "erilisus" ("specificity"), "vahe" ("interval"), "mitmekesisus" ("diversity") and "mittemonotoonsus" ("non-monotonicity").
FinnishIn Old Finnish, the verb "erota" meant "to separate," and the reflexive form "erota toisistaan" evolved to mean "to differ."
French"Différer" in French also means "to postpone" or "to put off.
FrisianThe term "ferskille" is closely related to the English verb "to differ" and the Latin noun "discrimen," meaning distinction or separation.
GalicianThe Galician word "difiren" may also mean "to be different" or "to be unusual" in addition to "to differ"
GermanThe verb “sich unterscheiden” (“differ”) has its etymological roots in the Middle High German word “undirsceiden”, which means “to separate” or “to divide”.
GreekThe Ancient Greek word διαφέρω also means to excel or surpass.
GujaratiThe word "ભિન્ન" also means "broken" or "fractured" in Gujarati.
Haitian CreoleIn Haitian Creole, "diferan" can also mean "disagreement", originating from the French word "différend".
HausaBambanta in Hausa also means 'different', 'change' or 'be different'.
Hawaiian'Oko'a' can also mean 'difference', 'distinction', or 'variation' in Hawaiian.
HebrewThe verb "לִהיוֹת שׁוֹנֶה" can be translated as "differ" but also as "to be strange" or "unusual".
HindiThe word अलं ("alag") also connotes difference, separation, or distinction.
HmongThe Hmong word "txawv" also means "vary" and "transform".
HungarianThe word "különbözik" can also mean "to be different" or "to be distinct" in Hungarian.
IcelandicThe word "mismunandi" is related to "munur" (difference) and "mæta" (value).
IgboThe word 'dị iche' also means 'be different' or 'be distinct' in Igbo.
Indonesian"Berbeda" is also used to describe the difference in cooking methods in Indonesia, such as the "berbeda bumbu" (different seasoning) between regions.
ItalianThe Italian word "differire" has the alternate meaning of "to be in abeyance".
JapaneseThe word "異なる" (ことなる) can also mean "to differ in opinion" or "to be different from each other".
JavaneseThe Javanese word 'beda' also means 'mistake' or 'error', which suggests a connection between difference and incorrectness or deviation from the norm.
Kannadaಭಿನ್ನ is not a Kannada word, but is often borrowed (भिन्न) from Hindi meaning "varied" or "different" and is also occasionally used to mean "different" on its own in Hindi; the same word is used similarly in Kannada.
KazakhThe word "ерекшеленеді" can also mean "to be distinguished" or "to be unique". It is derived from the root word "ерекше", which means "special" or "different".
KhmerThe word "ខុសគ្នា" can also mean "to be different" or "to be wrong".
KoreanThe Korean word "다르다" can also mean "to be strange" or "to be unusual".
KurdishThe word "cûdahî dikin" can also mean "to change" or "to be different".
KyrgyzThe term
LaoThe term ແຕກຕ່າງ is also used to refer to the contrast between two things which are different in nature or quality.
LatinThe Latin verb 'differre' means 'to carry asunder' or 'to distribute', and the word itself is derived from 'dis-' (apart, asunder) and 'ferre' (to bear, to carry).
LatvianThe verb form “atšķir” can be used as a transitive verb to mean “to distinguish” as well as to “differ,” while “šķirt” is a neuter verb used without any objects.
LithuanianThe word "skiriasi" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*skei-", meaning "to cut" or "to divide".
LuxembourgishËnnerscheeden derives from the Old High German 'nderscheiden 'to distinguish', and also means 'to judge' or 'to decide'.
MacedonianIn Bulgarian, "се разликуваат" means "to differentiate", while in Serbian it means "to differ".
MalagasyThe Malagasy word "samy hafa" literally means "different things" and can also mean "opposite" or "different in kind".
MalayIn addition to its primary meaning, "berbeza" can also mean "to contradict" or "to disagree".
MalayalamThe word "വ്യത്യാസമുണ്ട്" is often translated to "differ" but has a wider meaning; it is also used to express disagreement or to state a contrasting point
Maltese“Differenzi” originates from the Latin verb “differre”, meaning “to carry apart”, or “to distinguish”.
MaoriThe word «rerekē» also means "disagree".
MarathiThe word "भिन्न" also means "fraction" in Marathi, derived from the Sanskrit word "भज्" meaning "to divide".
MongolianThe Mongolian word "ялгаатай" (differ) shares a root with the word "ялгавар" (separation), suggesting a sense of distinctness.
Nepali"फरक" is also an alternate form of "फला" (fruit) in Nepali.
NorwegianThe word 'avviker' also means 'to deviate' or 'to change from the norm' in Norwegian.
Nyanja (Chichewa)Originally meaning 'deviate', 'kusiyana' gained the additional meaning of 'differ' in modern Nyanja.
PashtoThe word "توپیر لري" (differ) in Pashto originates from the Persian word "تفاوت" (difference), which also means "distinction" or "dissimilarity".
Persianفرق: 1. Separation, Distance. 2. Different, Dissimilar.
PolishThe verb 'różnić się' also means 'to be different' or 'to be distinguished'.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)"Diferem" can also be a noun referring to a monetary or accounting difference.
PunjabiThe word "ਭਿੰਨ" in Punjabi can also mean "part, share, fraction, or division".
RomanianIn Romanian, "diferă" means both "differ" and "defer."
RussianОтличать also means to punish in archaic Russian and shares its root with 'отметка' – a mark (on a paper).
SamoanEseʻese can also mean 'to separate' in Samoan.
Scots GaelicThe Gaelic word "eadar-dhealaichte" could be translated literally as "between-separated" or "inter-different".
SerbianThe word "разликују се" can also mean "distinguish" or "discriminate".
SesothoThe word "fapana" also means "to deviate" or "to go astray".
ShonaThe word 'siyana' could also mean 'to be distinct', 'to be separate' or 'to be different'.
Sinhala (Sinhalese)වෙනස් can also mean "distinction" in the sense of "difference between one thing and another".
SlovakThe word líšia sa also refers to the process of differentiation in biology.
SlovenianDiffering from its literal meaning, 'razlikujejo' can figuratively mean 'having a preference' or 'liking' something.
SomaliThe Somali word ''kala duwan'' can also refer to a variety of things including difference, distinction, and change.
SpanishLa palabra "diferir de" también puede significar "distinguir de", "separar de" o "desviar de".
SundaneseThe word "béda-béda" in Sundanese can also mean "different from usual," "abnormal," or "strange."
SwahiliThe Swahili word 'tofauti' also means 'separate' or 'other'.
SwedishThe Swedish word for "differ", "skilja sig", also means "divorce."
Tagalog (Filipino)"Naiiba" is a homonym of "iba," which means "change."
Tajik"Фарқ мекунанд" in Tajik, which derives from the Persian "فرق (fark)" meaning "difference," can also be used figuratively to indicate "to distinguish between" or "to tell the difference between".
TamilThe name of a fruit
Telugu"తేడా" also means 'the difference between two things' or 'discrepancy'.
Thaiแตกต่างกัน (tak-taang-kan) literally means "to crack apart" in Thai.
TurkishThe Turkish word "farklılık" can also mean "distinction", "contrast", or "variety".
UkrainianThe verb “відрізняються” can have the reflexive form “відрізнятися”. In this form it can mean “to differ from each other” or “to stand out”.
UzbekThe Uzbek word "farq qiladi" can also mean "to pay special attention to something".
VietnameseKhác nhau is the Vietnamese equivalent of the French term "différent", which refers to a thing, an idea or a group of things sharing the same specific features.
WelshWelsh "yn wahanol" is not related to the "an" in English "another", but to the Proto-Celtic "*wenos" ("one") and "*wel" ("best").
XhosaThe root -hluka is also present in other Nguni languages, indicating a historical split from a common ancestral language.
YiddishThe Yiddish word “אַנדערש” also means “otherwise” or “else” in English.
YorubaThe Yoruba word "yato" can also refer to a person who is peculiar or unusual.
ZuluIn Zulu, the word 'hluka' can also refer to the act of changing or transforming.
EnglishThe word "differ" comes from the Latin word "differre", meaning "to carry apart" or "to put off".

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